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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-18
THE FORrIFIcATION pILI,
or tho Senate submittod to a Committc
VIZ Which Randall Controls. a lH

ht which Randall Controls. n .1n
WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. H. The
House Committee on Appropriations has
referred to the sub. Committee on Fo.tiG-
cations, composed OF Messrs. Fornoy, Ran
dali, Holman, Butterworth and Ryan, the
two bills which have passed the Senate,
providing for ships and guns. The com.
mitteo has also acted on the Senate
Amendments to the Sundry Civil Appro.
priation bill. It concura in twenty-five and
non.concurs in 236 OF the amendments.
Four Of tho amendments arc amended bv
the House Committee. The House Com.
mittee inserts amendments providing the
following sums Of money for the com.
mencement Of work on public buildincs:
Wilmington, N. O., $50 900; Jefferson,
Texas, S25, 900; Houston, Texas, SCI, 900.
The House Committee concurs in the
Senate amendment providing for another
elevator, and adds q provision for another
passenger elevator on the House side Of
the Capitol. near the Speakers room, II
also concurs in Mr.. Sherman's amend.
ment appropriating s.. 900 for fencing and
marking Confederate soldiers' graves nj
Columbus, Ohio, and elsewhere, and adds
an instruction to the Secretary OF War to
ascertain and report to Congress at its
next session whether the graves Of any
so!diers, Union or Confederate. who were
Killed IN battle, or who died in prisons or
hospitals, not embraced in any national,
city, town or village cemetery, aro unpro.
tected by enclosures or unmarked by
headstones, and it thsro be any such
graves, what amount Of money would be
necessary to properly ionce and perma-
nently mark tho same,
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Mysterious Murder,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE trunk
da human body, minus head, legs and
1'na, was found in Mann's pond, near
EtglnHtOn, Bucks county, this morn.
45s. The circumstances surrounding
no caas points strongly to murder
having been committed md the victim
being horribly batchered. The human
iunk was wrapped, when found, in .
piece Of heavy paper bound by stout
cord. Ayt d
Hearching examination was immedi-
asly instituted by two physicians and the
eo'o1er, and the trunk was sup.
poaea to bethst Of q young negro Of three
guisICta blood, OF, possibly that OF very
eIS Italian or Portuguese, though the
PHYSICIANS inclined to the belief Of tho
Sseeased having been negro. The ply.
se'sas were satisfied that the murder had
pse1 committed within "a hours. .l
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HELD FOR COURT.
John Schmidt 1ins His Preliminary Hearing
st55gsf Sam Salmon Here.

John schmidt Hns His Preliminary Hearing.
Sam Salmon Here. Z.
John Schmidt, proprietor Of the Or.
leans saloon on Market street below Four
teenth, who at an early hour in the morn.
ing, several weeks since, shot at Sam Sal
mon, we'll known sporting man hailing
from steubenville, who was ono OF tho
parties drinking in schmidt's place and
with whom he had quarrelcd, was given
his preliminary hearing before Justice
George Arkle yesterday and bound
over to court in the sum Of $1,000
to answer the charge Of ielonious-
ly shooting with intent to wound
and kill. Salmon, who was badly vound.
ed in the neck, was present looking rather
pale, tho effect OF his long confinement in
bed on account Of the wound. He saws
that at times he still feels numbness in
his neck and shoulders; he Intends to
push the case. Captain b. B. Dovener
and ": W. Anett appeared for Schmidt: !:
the State was represented by Mr.. Jordan.
The defense introduced no testimony and
only salman and Cassell and Sims, two
Of the witnesses Of the ARRAY were exam.
ined. Tho little Office OF the Justice and
the pavement outside, was crowded dur.
ing the hearing with sports aud fan y
men, ia7sIs ,s Ga,'S529l'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-18

WAsnlNoToN, Feb. 1.-THE House
passed the Consular and Diplomatic bill.
Mr.. Randall from the Committee on
Appropriations reported back tho Sun.
dry Civil Appropriation bill, with Senate
amendments, and recommending con.
currence in twenty-five OF those amend
ments and non-concurrencs III twenty
three amendments. Ia response to a
question by Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Randall
stated that the chief points OF controversy
were relative to the appropriations for the
coast survey, the Sosmen's Retreat in
New York and tho Yellowstone Park.
Tho Republicans demanded tho reading
Of the amendments seriatin. a
Mr.. GoG, Of West Virginia, moved con.
M currence in the amendment sppropriating
$500 for public building at Olarksburp,
". Va, and on being voted down raised
the point of mo quorum"
Pending action the House adjourned,
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Ii 1was the right Of the people to heva
II opportunity to any whether they
desired 10 write in their Constitution pro-
Aibi:ion OF the liquor traffic. It would
h7e been wrong to deny them that
opportunity. w1Ea7
Now the question Of prohibition comes
bs!O'e the people. Shall VIC prohibit
That Is difIerent question. It is not
Alone moral question; it is as well an
economic question. What the people Of
West Virginia have now to consider is
Ehssher prohibition, viewed in all its
lights, is right and expediont.
There will be plenty Of time ior the dis.
erlsion, and surely it will be possible to
eoaduc: it calmly and with Difference to
sVerybody's opinion. A man is not neces'
s'dly insane or corrupt because he does
,1s agree with another man. The col
a@as Of tho INTELLloESosR will, Of course,
saopcn for discussion. Argument will be
Preferred to defamation, from whichever
Edo II NAV come. ,,. .5h
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New Pnper for Fnyette.

Special Correspondence Of the Lntelliaencer. wi
FAYETTEVILLE, W. Va, Feb. 14.-There
will soon be another Republican newapa.
per published at this place. 1t will be
owned by N. NJ. Junkins and Al. Front
man, and edited by Major 7. Gaines. It
will be called the Vest Virginia Republican,
and the frat issue will be out about tbs
10!h OF March. f5Gs =
Tho coal operators in Fayotte county
have Voluntarily agreed to give their
miners an advance Of five cents ton on
and after the fret OF March, with the
promise Of more as coon as the trade will
juetiiy it. A few labor sgitatcrs are not
sauslied, saying If the operators could
bat tho majority OF the miners are satisfied,
Messrs. VIM. Benny, Cooper 4 Co., and
John Mittall l. Co., were prominent in this
good move. }.
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Fayctie County's Protest.
D the Editor OF Lhs h,tflhosurtr ....

40yotlo SOunty'sIfOteSt.
To the Editor Of ths Inttll,Ge,ctr. %,
sIR:-Our people are very much excited
about the Senatorial muddle. The news
las. week that enough Republicans
would so 10 Camdon on Saturday struck
sorrow and apprehension to the Republi.
can heart. The frat news that made us
uneasy was tho report that Purcell and
Reper hsd experienced a change of heart
for Camden for five hundred dollara. This
news came Wednesday, aud Thursdays
lE1ELLloENcEE saying they wore ''going 10
go," made the Republicans hero believe
some of the members had cold ont to
Camden. A few vera 80 surprised and
mortified that they went to Charleston to
ece Tor themselves. But happily the Re-
publican members arc still standing to-
Rather, thereby saving Themselves and
tho Rspubl!can1itafty from ignominy and
and disgrace.
Should any Republican member Of the
Legislature vote for Camden, even il they
never touch cent OF Camdea's money,
and they may have character among
tholr neiehbors Of this highest integrity,
yet the people ovsr the State will always
speak Of thom ss corrupt, bribe.takers,
coal oilers and boodlera. Then the poli.i-
cal effect Of such & course would kill the
Republican party in this State If enough
Republican memhers should 20 to Cam
den 10 elect him. One oi the most potent
influences thst works on tho independent
honest Democrats 10 drive them into our
party has bean the corrupt iltrigues OF
tho Standard Oil Company, OF which Cam
deu Is the head in this State. aF.
Should any Republican member vote
for Camden, md in the future ever be
nominated ior cn Office, If Fayette county
gets vote niue-tenths oil tho Republicans
would vote for the straight Democratic
nominee before they would touch him.
We shave gotten up no petitions orremon-
ssTanccs to the members because our NOM
her, Hon. J. G. Kincaid, can always be
counted as q true Republican; but had we
gotten up any petitions I am safe in say
ing that every Republican and half Of the
democrats in tho county would have
signed 1t. Fayetto county says stand firm.
a, A REPUBLICAN,.
EGVettspille, Feb. lG. .i4+g3 Y' %, y
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YESTERDAYS BALLOT,
MIR. hIcCreery Raises Some Excitement In
the Joint Assembly,

Mr.. hlcCreery Raises Some Excitement Ii
the Joint Assembly.
Special Dispatch to the InltlIiCealcsr. p,
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. lin the
joint Heasion to-day Mr.. McCreery spoke
an hour'and five minutes by the clock an.
sTcIing an article in the Border lTialcliman
accusing him Of miarepresauting his PEG
pie in supporting Camden. fHe abused
the ''snti's" in aud out of tho Leria,sture,
and ea!d their charges against Camden
we're @ tissue OF fatatements without IN
iots OF proof. He made statemen. thai
q certain politician had kept men out oI
the caucus, but the latter ross to ques-
lion Of privilege and took this MI back and
apologizsd for it. ,.s -
MIR. .Tolsr nominated John W. Mason
and then referring to Mr.. McCreery's
speech moved to 10y it OIL the table and
give Its author leave to print in DR.. Jayne'c
"alminick." ~. ,.-',1t7' :
The vote resulted rs follows: John w.
Mason, 80; J. N. Camden, 81; ohm A,
Preston, -; L. s. Newman, / !; Okey John.
son. l. Tomorrow the Republicans and
Greenbackers voto will be cast for John
A. Hutchinson, Of Parkersburg.
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THAT GHOST AGAIN.
WEST VIRGINIA CERTIFICATES
A Petition Before tho Legislature to Settle
tho NIatter-Yestsr.lay's ballot on tho
y senatorshlp-Tho Legislative Pro. r.
csedlngs--Tho Auditors Onlce,
Special Dispateh 10 ihe Iniellfae,.c.

! Special Dipaleh 10 the Inielligeueer. NJ,
'CHARLEsroY, W. VA, Feb. 17.-MesHrs
J.G. Maben md E. s. Jemison, the com.
mittee representing holders Of $S,0OO,OOC
Of what aro known as West Virginia de.
ferred certificates, today presented to the
Legislature communication reci,ing that
thooe certificates to tho amount OF about
$l2,00O.00O were issued by the State ol
Virginia In 1871. Prior to the time the
mother State had arbitrarily assumed that
West Virginia should bear one..hird OF
tho ento-bellum debt Of the undivided
State, but in 1871 tho Wheeling ordinance
was passed by agreement Of tho commits
sioners representing tho two States fixing
tho proportion Of tho debt Justly charega.
bic to West Virginia for The ST., 900, 900
Of certificates issued undor the funding
act Of 1871. Virginia holds in trust her
unredeemed bonds. OF this Sl2,OO0,OOO,
the State holds in various funds about
3.0OO, 900; OF the remaining 50, ,00O, 900 or
80, IS, ,000, 900 are deposited at the Farmers'
Loan and Trust Company, New York, and
MessrB. Mabcn and Jenlison represent the
holders Of these Ss,000,0OO. They propose
to turn over to the state certificates in OK.
change for her bonds of date
Of maturity 10 be fixed by the
Legislature to such an amount, with
interest to tho date Of the proposed settle.
ment as was reported BY her duly appoint
cd commissioners In 1871 to be duo West
Virginia, which report was duly received
and ratified by the Legislature. This is
the first proposition ever made TO the State
by holders OF certificates. The Stats has
always held herself ready to settle on an
equitable basis. a
The committee's proposal was referred
by each house to it's Finance Committee.
The amount fixed by the Commissions
ers was $05O,OOO, while Measrs. Mabon
and Jelnison claim that this Stats's just
proportion would be about S7,OOO,00O.
At either computation the amount oi GER
tillcates to be turned over would cover
Weat Virgiuiu's share OF the debt and
leave sarpluo which, it 10 claimed, Vir-
ginia could BIO compelled to pay to this
State
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.AWAY-D0WN SOUTH.
HOW THE ELECTIONS ARE RUN
In ToSas-sioro Testimony Aliuced Show.
lug tho fsnscnItty OF the Democrats.
Tho House Refuses to Pass tho Seed
Blll Over Cleyslnnd's vcto. d

WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. l7.-1n tho in
vestigstion to-day Of alleged political out
rsges in Texau, Z. B. Brown, colored, wa
the first witneas examined. Flo was Clerl
OF Election at G,ahall precinct lust No
vember; 347 votes vera caat, OF whict
number about $50 were Republican, most
ly colored. There WAS u good deal Of poisf
and "rodying" from the time the noll,
closed, at 6 o'clock, and n good doal o
shooting; but the election oQlcers were
not disturbed. Witness did not hear any
threats toward colored men. but good
many colored men were alarmed and
"runned Off" Tho whites were In a row
among themselves. One white man was
knocked in the head by weight and was
wounded.
Witness described tho progress Of the
count, the receipt Of q nots from an out.
slider, which note the etwo Democratic cleo.
ton officers considered secretly; and thc
entrance soon after Of the three armed
and disguised men who presented pistolf
70 the faces OF the oiIicerp, commsndjnp
them to "hold up" and seized tho ballot
box. -. '''e -
Connell and Butcher, the white election
officers, laughed at the affair. Witness
never Daw the box afterwarde, but was
told by q colored man that he had seen the
box lying in tho sand broken in pieces
aud tho tickets torn and scattered about
on the land. ~ ~
During the progress OF the count people
entered several times to ask how the connt
was going, particularly with regard 10 the
candidate Tor County Judge. The Peo.
Pies tickets were considerably scratched
and at tho suggestion OF one OF the Demo.
cratic Judges those scratched tickets were
separated and counted first, the Renubli.
can tickets being laid aside. At the time
OF the raid all the tickets but 90 had been
counted and those were straight Republi.
can Withoutany scratch. Ofthose counted,
Mr. Scheutze Republican,, candidate fol
County Judge, had Is majority over Judge
Kirk. Bolton (Democrat), candidate fol
County Commissioner, about whom in.
Qulries were made. by outsiders during the
evening. was also running behind.
VIM. L. Williams (white) testified to The
throwing out Of the diamond shape tick.
etc. He had been a candidate on the
Peoples ticket, but withdrew in favor Of
negro, I. J. Moore, who claimed to be
Republican: The other negroes, how.
ever, called him "Mugworm."
There was no intimidation. Witness
had never neeu fairsr election.
a. G. Scott tcolored teatided that on the
morning Of election the polls at tho Chad.
WICK gin house were not open, though
between 65 and 10 colored men we're wait.
Ing to vote. The colored men declined tc
act as presiding judges because they fear
ed a repetition OF the affair at Chapel Hill
two years before, when three negroes were
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CANADIAN CAMPAIGN.
IT'S QUITE ENGLISH, you KNOW
To Defame tho United States--Ths Story Of
Pittsburgh Iron Mon Contributing Money
to the Defcnt of Sir John Macdonald.
Dcnial From pittsburgh People.

TORONTO, Ocr., Feb. 1.-THE charges
against the Reform party Of Canada, OF re.
ceivlng thousands Of dollars from Ameri.
cans to buy up the country and defeat Sir
John Macdonald's government, Is repeat.
cd here by tho Standard, Sir Johns organ.
The substance Of the charge Is made as
iollowu: That the cum Of sl5O0OO was ro.
ceived from the iron men in Pittsburgh,
Pa, by tho Toronto financial agents here
Of tho Reform party over ton days sro
that moro money from the same place for
tho came purpose Is nov on It's way to
Toronto; that tho.American money sent to
Montreal to defeat Sir John has fallen into
the hands Of Conservatives; that Nova
Scotia Is being flooded with American
money for the same purpose, and that
$4,000 have been subscribed to the reform
campaign fund to defeat the conservative
Government and destroy the national
policy. BY Diaston 4 Sons, saw makers, OF
Philadelphis, a firm which once nearly
controlled the Canadian trade In their
olass Of goods. -. - : =
The Standard says to Canadians: "You
have not only to face the yapacious horde
Of reformers, Rielites, repsa!ers secession.
lists, annexationists and rebpl1 AZ home.
but you also have to contend against the
gold OF Michigan lumbermen, Of Peupsyl.
vania iron men, Of New York and MRssa.
chusests cotton mon, and Of Now England
6shermen." g3'f 5IE-iT f,'.'7 % : =
Sir John Macdonald arrived here yes.
terday afternoon from Ottawa. He denies
having instigated the publishers OF the
Standard to publish tho scandal. He eays
he has no personal knowledge Of the truth
OF the report. He supposes the facts wero
obtained in the ordinary way Of gathering
campaign news. Sir John aaid: "Look At
tho American press generally. They say
they wish my government was at an end.
They say If the reform party comes in we
will have HatiGfactory settlement OF tho
fishery question. In other words, thew
believe they know that our eacred treaty
rights, guaranteed by England, bonght
from the United States at q price, will be
sacrificed and handed over to them"
The Mail says: Tho Liberals have
large sums Of money at their disposal,
which have been subscribed for corrupt
purposes! by people who will profit by
victOryO 7sI- f,-,E I-#r - III
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BERLIN, Feb. 17.-Prince Bismarck, re.
ferring to the assertions Of members Of
the opposition that the government in the
event Of obtaining majority in the uew
Reichslag intended to adopt various nm.
popular measures, declared that the poiiti.
cal well had been 80 fillcd with nauseatinp
matter by the opponents OF the goyern.
men9 ms ~ mat IT was poisoning the energies OF
me Empire was. both premeditatod and
systemattc. In conclusion the Chancellor
said that all statements, except the inten.
lon OF the government TO prolone the
anti.socialistic law, are inventions for the
purpose Of trying to defeat tho govern.
ment at the polls on Monday next. ~ =
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TIE VETO SUSTAINED.
Tho Texas Seed Bill Goes It's Wny Gil
n,aripu

Iho Texns Soed Bill Goes Its yyny Gllm
meriug,
WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 1.-THE
Speaker to-day laid before tho House the
message from the President, returning
without his approval, the bill appropriat.
ing $4,000 for specia! distribution Of
seed to the drought stricken counties O!
Texas. 4''
Mr.. Lanham, Of Texas, moved that The
bill and accompanying message be refer.
red to the Committee on Agriculture. In.
asmuch, he said, as he had introduced
this bill, he wes unwilling to let the coca occa.
sion paes without saying word in vindic-
ton OF the action Of Congress in passing
thia measure. In doing so, it followed the
precedents established in 1915 and in 1883
when bills Of similar character we're
nessed by Congress and became laws.
II the organization OF the De-
ment CT Agriculture were constitutional:
if seeds could be distributed for the de.
clared object Of promoting agriculture: If
the agricultural interest was continental
in it's character, then the needs OF apricul-
ture ehould BIZ considered equal in rank
to any other requirement OF the Govern
ment. When the Government was sccus-
toned to make general distribution Of
aecd, it did not seem unconstitutional to
concentrate that distribution in particu.
lar locality where the need was greatest,
The motion to refer was lost-57 to "A.
The queation YES then put, "Would the
House pasa the bill, the Prcsident'a objsc.
tions to the contrary notwithstanding 2"
and it was decided III the nesatiyc-yeag
50, nays 100. ~ 49, :, :
The following wa5 the affirmative vote:
Anderson (kas.) J, Baker, Brady, Boutelle,
Brown (O.), Brown (pa.) Buchanan, Bur.
leigh, Campbell (Pa.), Cannon, Caswoll,
Clardy, Conser, Cu!beraon, Cutcheon,
Dorsey, Evans, Findlay, Fisher, Fleerer,
Fuller, Function, Gollingsr, Gay, Geddes,
Giltillan, Coll, Grosvsnor, Hale, Harmer,
Henderson Qowa), Herman, Hit, Hires,
Holmes, Houk, Jackson, Johnston indy
kleiner, Laird, Lanham, Libbey, Linda-
Icy, Louttit, Lyman, Martin, McHenna,
Mckinley, Millard, Morrow, Neal, Neece,
Nelson, O'Donnell, O'Hara, O'Neill (Pa.),
Payson, Peters, Perkins, Plumb, Price,
Reed, Rowell, Ryan, sayers, sessiona,
smalls. Stevenson, Strait, Swinburne,
SymeH, 2. Taylor (Tenn.) J, Thomas (Wis.),
Wade, Wadswortb, Warner (Mo.), Weaver
Iowa., Weaver (Neb.), Weber, West,
White (Pa,), Wol!crd and Woodburn.
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Fayetteville, Feb. 16.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Municipal suffrage has been conferred
upon women in Kansas.
Another passenger ratio war OF railroads
leading west from New York, seems i'm
minent.
A call hes been isaucd for Convention
at Chicago to form new National Trottins
Association. ~ 3
Under the Kentucky law VIM. Dodson
a vagrant, will be sold ut Augusta, accord
ing to his wish. .T Il
The Ohio Valley Cattle.growers' Asso
citation will hold its great fat stock show il
Cincinnati next December.
The three Hoaner children, burned il
an explosion in their fathers furniture
store, at Detroit, Mich, have died Of theil
injuries. ~ ~ ).
Sister Gensvieve, the Superior for TWEEN
ty years Of the St. Francis do Sales Con
vent, Newark, Ohio, has discarded hel
robes, and returned to her relatives.
Four masked men broke into the resi-
dence Of John Bott, of Oakland township
Pa, bound and maltreated him and rob
bed the house Of $500 in cash.
The Cooperative Interment Company
has bscn organized in Cincinnati, to ena.
BILE people to bury their dead at less ex-
pense than the ordinary undertakers'
charges. fN..s
Nineteen stores at Portsmouth, N. r..
were entered by burglars Tuesday, and
tho enterprising crooks secured fifty dol
lars in money and two dollars worth o.
goods. ~,
An order has been Issued by the Gener
81 Passenger Agent Of the Pennsylvania
lines that owing to the Interstate Com
merce bill that 10 to become q law April 4
annual pssses over these lines will expire
March 81. j..
Alex. Gum. Of Greenold, Scotland, ar
rived in Cincinnati to arrest David Adam
Lang undor Indictment for stealing sugar
He found his man, but found ALEC there
was no law by which he could take Lant
back to Scotland. , ,.i3 &gs
Louis Huller & Co., Hartford, Ct, have
contracted with the Mexican Government
for the establishment of an internationaI
steamship line between San Diego, Cal.
and Mexican and Central American ports
with the nouthern terminus at San JOSE
de Guatemala, the vessels to sail unde
the Mexican flag and to receive subsid,
from the Mexican Government. g
A syndicate Of New York and Philadel
phis capitalists ia being completed, will
the addition Of st. Louis moneyed men
for tho purpose Of working fifteen mine
Of gold and nearly as valuable minerals
which have been acquired in Honduras
under the condition OF their thorough de
yelopment. Ths minea are deecribed a
Of extraordinary richness and ine1hausti
Bile extent, b y AZ